AUGUSTA TWP., MI — A proposal for a large computer data center campus on hundreds of acres in southwest Washtenaw County has sparked concerns from many nearby residents.
New York City-based real estate investment firm Thor Equities is planning to invest more than $1 billion in a proposed data center campus. The firm would purchase 19 parcels totaling about 810 acres north of Milan-Oakville Road in Augusta Township.
The firm has proposed rezoning about 522 acres from agricultural residential uses to general industrial uses on the condition the land is only used for a data center and no other types of industry. The remainder of the land is already zoned to allow industry…